Anybody a little concerned with Beason?

[BigBoss]

I'm very hopeful for his return and all the contributions he can make, because I still believe in Beaston.

 

He needs some serious contact and participation in full pads and game time though. To get back into game shape, it's important to get these real time reps, and well he's not really getting them. I'm not at all implying he won't do good and can't but anybody else thought he should be back to full by now and at least making some contact plays? It makes me just a little nervous. 

 

 

What are your thoughts Huddle?

[Jakob]

I still believe in the beast but, am I worried? no... We have Blackburn and Klein.

[Gallagher]

More concerned with Stewart to be honest. From what I've heard, Beason sitting out is more precautionary, and he'll be ready week 1. Don't know that Stew will be playing against Seattle.

[Riverboat Ron]

Beast will be Beasting week one vs. the Seahawks.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Concerned, but not really worried.

Beason himself said that he probably won't play in a preseason game (however he wouldn't rule anything out), but the goal is to be ready for Seattle.

I know that a lot of that is just Beason telling. The fans what they want to hear, but I have no reason to doubt him

If it happens that he isn't ready for season, Blackburn, Klein, Senn, and Williams should be able to cover for him until he gets back.

[Jackofalltrades]

I'm more worried about how he'll play at Will than I am his health.

 

However, I think our depth at LB erases a lot of both of those concerns.

[Woodcookedbbq]

If he can't make it back this season, he never will.

[PiratePanther189]

I think the team is putting itself in position to move on while still giving him a chance to prove himself to be back to his former self...but I think we all have a hunch Chase Blackburn will be filling in by Week 17

[dksmith17]

More concerned about Stewart. We have an idea about when to expect Beas back. Seems like we know nothing about Stewart.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I'm worried about Beason's career. Micro-fracture surgery is not something to be taken likely and the success rate is mighty low compared to that  of a mensicus surgery, ACL recontruction, or a Rotator Cuff surgery.

 

Basically the cartilage on the end of his femur or knee has deteriorated over the course of his career and the constant impact of "bone on bone" from running, jumping, etc started to cause his micro-fracture injury. The bad thing is that cartilage does not repair itself very well and once its damage its practically done for, so surgeons had to actually damage or re-injury the area by drilling tiny holes into his femur so that it would bleed, clot and kind of give Beason's knee a band-aid so to speak just to cushion the area.

 

This new clot is not very durable and many people that play high intensity sports play with pain for the rest of their careers. But there have been some notable NFL players to return from this surgery like Kellen Winslow Jr., he actually had his best career as far as statistics are concerned that year.

 

So I'm not as worried about the Panthers linebacker situation if he is not able to return, as much as I am worried about Beason's career as a linebacker. Because he is a great guy and great competitor, and when healthy he was amazing.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

I'm with the OP on this one.  It is a bit conerning not seeing beason practice or get any playing time in the preseason.  When he came back last year I know he wasn't fully recovered but he wasn't making plays the way he used too, and I think other than being 100% to be able to make those plays he missed on (tackles, int that went just over his head) he needs real playing time to get used to being able to make those plays I just hope that when he comes back he still isnt trying to shake off the rust like last year (I think it's going to be more of the beason we saw last year until he gets some games under his belt) who truly knows though all speculation at this point.

[jtnc]

I'm worried, he's gone through the two most serious surgeries for any athlete to go through. I really don't know if he'll ever be the same. Truth is, if his pain doesn't subside he's probably done playing football.

[Matthias]

Not worried about Beason, and I'm not worried about J-Stew.  We are stacked at these positions, I feel. 

[SgtJoo]

More than a little. Microfracture surgery is a bitch to come back from. There's a laundry list of players that were never the same after it.

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